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Graphic novel by Bryan Talbot
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Cherubs!
Page count104 pages
PublisherDesperado Publishing Dark Horse Books
Creative team
WritersBryan Talbot
ArtistsBryan Talbot (layouts)
Mark Stafford
Original publication
Date of publication28 November 2007, 2015
ISBN0979593999

Cherubs! Paradise Lost is a fantasy graphic novel by British artist Bryan Talbot who wrote the script and provided the layouts, with the finished art by Mark Stafford. The first book, or 'cantica' was published by Desperado Publishing in November 2007 and the first and second books were combined, completing the story, in a hardcover edition published by Dark Horse in 2015.

Talbot describes it as "an irreverent fast-paced supernatural comedy-adventure."

Plot

In "Cantica I: Paradise lost", on the trail of the murdering archangel Abaddon, the Cherubs get stuck in the mind-numbing mediocrity of Limbo - but not for long. They escape and make it to New York City where, looking for signs and portents, they foil a mugging and are befriended by Mary, a sexy 'exotic dancer'. But she has a problem: her boss is Frankie Dracula and his vampire minions are out to kill her!

In "Cantica II: Hell On Earth", Mary and the Cherubs are drawn into a battle with the massed forces of the Hell whilst attempting to foil Abbadon's plans to instigate the apocalypse.

References

  1. Mark Stafford's site
  2. Mark Stafford at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  3. (ISBN 978-1-59582-984-9)
  4. Bryan Talbot: An Artistic Wonder From Wearside Archived February 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, interview with Paul Gravett

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